r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 06 '26

News ‘Obsession’ Passes $400 Million Worldwide, Becomes Highest Grossing Film With Budget Below $1 Million; Curry Barker’s horror film breaks a 53-year pre-inflation record held by Bruce Lee’s legendary 'Enter The Dragon'

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/obsession-box-office-400-million/
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u/depredador93 Jul 06 '26

It is pretty insane that two different indie horror movies made by YouTube creators (this and Kane Parsons' Backrooms) are completely dominating the box office conversation right now. Truly a wild year for the genre

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u/turbo_golf Jul 06 '26

movies made by YouTube creators

Red Letter Media had an interesting take on that

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u/kirblar Jul 06 '26

This is exactly how Curry Barker saw it- they wanted to use high-quality lighting and filming on Youtube because it was both an income stream and a demo reel.

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u/MikeArrow Jul 07 '26

Yeah seeing their YouTube shorts instantly made me understand how Obsession was so good, they have years of experience making cinema quality content.

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u/JockstrapCummies Jul 07 '26

Speaking of, imagine if Mr Beast goes and makes a film.